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Originally posted by dnewma04:
Isn't even the overseas absinthe not nearly as strong as the real stuff from back in the day?
Yes, but about 200% less. The FDA says no wormwood at all, so you have to import the "real" stuff, which even that isn't anywhere near the original recipes.
Most absithes are ~70 -> 80 proof... By the time you ingest enough thujoule, you're just sh!tfaced from the alcohol. (And that's even if you can stand to have more that one drink of it...)
It's an acquired taste, and you WILL pay for it. The noted 'good stuff' will cost you about $60 - $80 with shipping, and most places won't/can't send you more that two bottles per order.
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Originally posted by Stazi:
They have the Van Gogh stuff for sale at the party store at the end of my strett for $43 a bottle!
I REALLY wanna buy it and try, but for $43 - screw that.....cool I'm gonna try and buy it off the net. Thank for reminding me...
Well, if it contains thujone (which absinthe does) it's not for sale at the party store down the road. It is illegal to sell products with thujone in the US. Be prepared to have it confiscated by customs if you have it shipped here. Not saying for sure it will happen but it's not unlikely.
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Nope, the FDA banned the sale of ANYTHING containing more than just "trace" amounts of Wormwood in it.
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Originally posted by chemguru:
Originally posted by dnewma04:
Isn't even the overseas absinthe not nearly as strong as the real stuff from back in the day?
Most absithes are ~70 -> 80 proof... By the time you ingest enough thujoule, you're just sh!tfaced from the alcohol. (And that's even if you can stand to have more that one drink of it...)
--JamesT
Actually a Good Absinthe is around 160 proof ( 80% alcohol )
Traditionally you only sip it, and usually only 2 maybe 3 glasses in a night, the higher Alcohol helps to "leech" the thujoule from the wormwood extract.
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Mark, I have not tried Aquaviat or what ever you said. I found a cool Absinthe site that garantess delivery using couriers. http://www.alandia.deDamn I want to try this!!!
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I usually go to http://www.absinthe24.de to check out Absinthe products. They make it here in Austria, got a bottle of Mata Hari made right here in Vienna, pretty good stuff but only 60%. I just went to Slovakia yesterady and got a bottle of "PALIRNA U ZELENEHO STROMU" which is Czech and is 70%, haven't tryed it yet; I lost my spoon. I've never tripped on Absinthe but I also don't have more than two or three glasses, by then I am ready to move onto something let strong.
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http://www.absinth.com/links/loganfils.htmlIf anyone figures out a reliable way to get the stuff into the US let me know......
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Originally posted by dnewma04:
Be prepared to have it confiscated by customs if you have it shipped here.
True. Some on-line companies won't even ship absinthe to the US (that's the reason why Johnny Depp used to get fu**ed up on this shite while in London.)
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